Genk and Mechelen have both played out a "par" performance so far this season, to use a golf expression. The teams both have mid-table positions in the Pro League.
- Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Mechelen have the most points from losing position (16) in Pro League
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Genk form and stats
The story so far in the Pro League for Genk at their home stadium (Luminus Arena) is 7 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Genk, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.
Genk's last game was hosting Standard Liege (placed 13th) and winning 2-0. Trésor (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.1/10. Trésor served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 24 successful passes (of 29 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting OH Leuven (1-2).Genk are traveling soon after this match as the Pro League match at Anderlecht awaits in four days.
Goals decide football matches and Genk are scoring many of them at home; 28 on target from 13 league matches. Genk have conceded 16 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Mechelen form and stats
4 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses. That’s the product of Mechelen playing as the away team in the Pro League this season.
Schoofs, Shved and Mrabti scored in Mechelen's previous match, the home game against KV Oostende that ended 3-0. Schoofs got a match rating of 9.13 in that game, top player of the team. Schoofs scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Mechelen secured a home win against Beerschot-Wilrijk with the score 3-2.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Pro League trip to Antwerp.
Mechelen are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 16 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Mechelen have conceded 23 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The newest past match involving both these teams is the Mechelen - Genk 1-1 played previously this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Genk four wins, three draws and Mechelen three victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Onuachu 14 goals |   N. Storm 14 goals |  K. Mrabti 10 goals |
Genk missing players
Mechelen missing players
| Genk | Mechelen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 25 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 50 | 28 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 16 | 45 |
| 38 | 16 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 23 | 41 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 84% |
| 58% | 54% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 55% | 60% |
| 35% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 45% | 48% |
| 27% | 31% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 24% |
| 62% | 54% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 55% | 60% |
| 23% | 38% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 20% |
| 15% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 20% |
| 5.7 | 5.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 7.2 | 6.4 |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14.4 | 15.1 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.5 | 10.8 |
| 5.8 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | 4.2 |
| 33% | 36% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 36% | 42% |
| 11.7 | 12.3 | 16 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 14.6 | 14 |
| 4.1 | 4 | 6.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
- Genk haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Mechelen have the most points from losing position (16) in Pro League
- Mechelen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Mechelen haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 27 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 59 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 37 | 60 |
| 2 | Antwerp | 27 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 19 | 53 |
| 3 | Club Brugge | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 49 | 32 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 51 |
| 4 | Anderlecht | 27 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 58 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 26 | 48 |
| 5 | Gent | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 43 |
| 6 | Sporting Charleroi | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 7 | 43 |
| 7 | Mechelen | 25 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 45 | 41 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 4 | 42 |
| 8 | Genk | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 50 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 38 |
| 9 | OH Leuven | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 22 | -3 | 36 |
| 10 | Cercle Brugge | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 38 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 4 | 35 |
| 11 | Sint-Truiden | 27 | 10 | 4 | 13 | 30 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 34 |
| 12 | Kortrijk | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 17 | -2 | 34 |
| 13 | Standard Liege | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -13 | 29 |
| 14 | KV Oostende | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 27 | 52 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -25 | 28 |
| 15 | AS Eupen | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 24 | -14 | 27 |
| 16 | Zulte-Waregem | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 56 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 30 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 26 | -19 | 26 |
| 17 | RFC Seraing | 27 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 26 | 53 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 31 | -27 | 23 |
| 18 | Beerschot-Wilrijk | 26 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 27 | 55 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 30 | -28 | 16 |
